Cable coupler



pct. 25, 1927. G. OLWER 1,646,489 I CABLE COUPLER F led Jan. 12, 1925 INVENTOR 6.202" e O/zuer ATTORNEY Patented 0d, 25, 31927;

1 GEORGE. onivns, oi s iweejwismeewpa; 1 5 i 1' viiinown ff "l lkpplieationfiled -y 12, 192G.""Serial"hie SOFSSQ l v In thelogging industry, where a donkey engine isiautilizedin yardinglogs, it is often necessary that" extensions be made to the cable to bring it withinfreach of outlying timber. In m'aking'such extensions the com'' mon practice, heretofore,has been to 'prov1'de looped ends for the sections of cable to. be united, said looped endsbeing linked'by aw "tie termed aYMolly Hogan, the same corisisting. of a short "section offastrand of" cable disposed between the loopsyand-ithen twisted on itself-into annular-"form; Th'i9 method ,aiiords security, but ,iron five to seven 'minutes are ordinarily required "for 'making such a tie, whilethe ma ority vof the i'orce remain ldle. 5 The strands employed in i this manner are usually obtained from old cables ordinarily to be found around logging camps." Addit onal time, however, is r'ev quired to cut'th'em for this use, and in detaching themby cutting when'the cables are disconnected. Other means are also used, as,

"for instance, a strap and "hook, which device his quite expensive and can be accidently de- Vi w; I

tion of my: invention progresses; g

tached, also an S hook, which, .while cheap in cost, providesrbut littlesecurity.

, "The priinaryob'ect of myimventionis to afford a 1 way whereby such sections of cable may be,

united, and thus eliminate the disadvantagesf heretofore "outlined, WVith sai'd object in provide, a cable coupler simple in more convenient and economical form and effective in operation adapted to be ,detachablygmounted between the looped ends of sections of cable. The device can-be instantly applied and as quickly detached, and as it is practically indestructible, it can; repeatedly without; any v outlay be utilized for upkeep] V I Otherobjects will appear as'the descrip- In the accompanying drawing-, f

Figure 1 is aside elevation of the-device in'closed position, as coupling looped ends 1 of a palr of cables; I

Fig. 2,:a front elevation oi -the same; and, r "Fig. 3,;a side elevation; ofthe coupler, in

open position, and indicating themanner in which saidilooped ends are Jplacedrelative to the device before coupling them together. Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 denotesa yoke, having "preferably at its narrow extremity a flattened bightpor- .tion'2, and a slightly curved section-3 adj acent its Wider extremity. hooked merriher, comprising a shank lfhavin-at one end a hook" 5, terminating in reverse lhookl6;

and atthe 'oth'erfend'a hook 7 terminating fin an eye 8,-isswingingly mounted to said yoke, as indicated, said flattened portion 2 being designed 'to somewhat limit the lateral "movement of the hooked member therein. To subserve; the'purpose for which the de-'' vice is primarily; intended these parts should be of substantial construction; and obviously respectively"floop ed terminals 'o'f, ."cables,

link them'together.

J In employing the-fdeviceigin"connection I 7 with the loopedendsjof cables, it 'isveXtend 1 ed asqshown' in Fig. 3, the'loop 20 being fslipped over the hooked member and the they; are'iassembled, as described, before the a yoke-1s welded tdforni. "20and QI-design'ate s'hown'for the'fpurpose' of demonstrating the I manner 1n which the devieel i s adapted' to;

loop 21 inserted, through the yoke in the poi i sitions illustrated." The hook. is then brought through the loop '21, when a pull onfthe cable, ofwhich'said, loop isa part, will cause the coupler andthe loop'sitojasr f Sume the positions shown inFigs l and 2, a

and thus. securely link theqloops together; I 7 hi1 As islevident,- the stronger the pulliij on the l ,cables,vthe tighter thecoiitact ofthehook 6 w t y e' ndfshoul l there bea slack in the cables'with a movement of the loop 21 longitudinally of the device, said loop, in 1 pressing against the larger extremity of the f yoke 'orb'eing disposed between he yoke/and the shank, would als'o eXert'arestraining in fluence on the hook Gand prevent "it from becoming disengaged "fromthe, yoke.

Adiseonnection of the coupler can-not, be I accomplished @until' the loop 2'1 'hasf'been 7 again extended through the yoke, and to ia free.

The device, imilarly app iag igfaiso us j a. oful in coupling"chainsitogether, or in -tem-' p'orarilyreplaoing a broken link, andjican be made available u nder many other conditions Where quiokl detaehable oouphngs or fasiGIllllgS are eslred. I

I claim; 7 V i 1. A cable coupler, COInPllSlngit yoke, having a flattened big-ht portion, and'ahooked' 'member, having a, shank provided at. one

end With a hook terminating in an eye, and

at the other end-With" areversely curved hook termlnatlng'ln another hook ourved 1n reverserelation tothe secondn amed hook, said member having a swingingengagement with the portion through said eye and a-deta chable ei'igagement-with the yoke through the third-named hook. 2., A cableoonpler, comprising a. loop.edmember, having at one extremity a flattened b ight portion, and adjacent the other extremity an outwardly curved seotlon, and a hooked member provided at one end with a hook terminating in an eye, the other end I terminating in hook, saidhooked rnemher having a loose connectionwithsaid portion through the eye-,, adapted to provide snllioient play therebetween whe eby the S,

hook maybe detaehablyl connected with the other extremity of the member and afford, in cooperation with the looped member, a-

pair of oppositely disposed elements each adapted to detaehably support a closecl'lo'op of a cable.

3.iA cable COuplGfflOlDPirslng an elon gated frame, anda hooked member, having 7 a shank provided at one end with-a cable supporting-hook terminating 1nv an eye, and attheother end With a reversely curved ea ble so) oortin -hook terlninatin in a fas- GEORGE O IVER; 

